KARACHI: Earnings-taking by sceptical traders put a ruin to the northbound run of the inventory market’s benchmark on Friday after six consecutive classes of index beneficial properties.
Topline Securities Ltd acknowledged the KSE-100 index opened on a obvious display and gained momentum to hit an intraday excessive of 354 parts sooner than hitting roadblocks.
Arif Habib Ltd analyst Ahsan Mehanti attributed the loss in index parts to news reports just a few additional hike in gas and strength tariffs below the continuing loan programme with the World Monetary Fund moreover to a jog in world incorrect oil prices.
Moreover, sinful data on cement gross sales, which fell 5.8 per cent yr-on-yr in October, and the finance minister’s concerns over $6.5 billion exterior financing shortfall dangers played the characteristic of a catalyst within the bearish shut, he added.
Consequently, the KSE-100 index closed at 57,063.16 parts after shedding 333.87 parts or 0.58 per cent from the earlier session.
The general trading volume diminished 14.6pc to 901.5m shares. The traded worth diminished 18.8pc to Rs23.4bn on a day-on-day basis.
Shares contributing very a lot to the traded volume integrated WorldCall Telecom Ltd (176.7m shares), K-Electrical Ltd (76.3m shares), Fauji Foods Ltd (46.4m shares), Hum Community Ltd (37.8m shares) and Cnergyico PK Ltd (31.7m shares).
Corporations registering the supreme will increase in their half prices in absolute terms had been Unilever Pakistan Foods Ltd (Rs1,000), Rafhan Maize Products Firm Ltd (Rs671.25), Pakistan Engineering Firm Ltd (Rs35.47), Pakistan Hotels Builders Ltd (Rs27.77) and Indus Motor Firm Ltd (Rs25.80).
Corporations registering essential decreases in their half prices in absolute terms had been Nestle Pakistan Ltd (Rs200), Sapphire Textile Mills Ltd (Rs81.22), Blessed Textiles Ltd (Rs26.99), Lucky Cement Ltd (Rs18.82) and Pak Suzuki Motor Firm Ltd (Rs11.63).
Foreign traders had been web traders as they purchased shares worth $1.92m.
Printed in Morning time, November 18th, 2023
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